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SNAPPER ROCKS, Queensland/Australia (Monday, March 11, 2013) Kelly Slater (USA). -The Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast completed Rounds 3 and 4 today as the world's best surfers did battle with one another amidst building two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves at the primary venue of Snapper Rocks..The opening stop on the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast has narrowed the original 36-man field down to the final 12 with the potential to finish as soon as tomorrow..Taj...more »

SNAPPER ROCKS, Queensland/Australia (Monday, March 11, 2013) Kelly Slater (USA). -The Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast completed Rounds 3 and 4 today as the world's best surfers did battle with one another amidst building two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves at the primary venue of Snapper Rocks..The opening stop on the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast has narrowed the original 36-man field down to the final 12 with the potential to finish as soon as tomorrow..Taj Burrow (AUS), 34, defending Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast champion, was lethal in this afternoon's Round 4 bout, posting an incredibly-high heat total of an 18.06 out of a possible 20, and advancing directly into the Quarterfinals..Despite Burrow's impressive performance, Kelly Slater (USA), 41, 11-time ASP World Champion and 2012 ASP World Runner-Up, would not be outdone, posting the day's high heat total of an 18.27 out of a possible 20 to edge out Australians Bede Durbidge (AUS), 30, and Matt Wilkinson (AUS), 24, in one of the most exciting clashes of the event..Julian Wilson (AUS), 24, has long been considered a threat to the ASP World Crown and proved his mettle once again today, besting reigning ASP World Champion Joel Parkinson (AUS), 31, and in-form Tahitian Michel Bourez (PYF), 27, in their non-elimination Round 4 bout..SNAPPER ROCKS, Queensland/Australia (Monday, March 11, 2013) -The Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover completed Rounds 3 and 4 today as the world's best surfers did battle with one another amidst building two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves at the primary venue of Snapper Rocks..The opening stop on the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast has narrowed the original 36-man field down to the final 12 with the potential to finish as soon as tomorrow..Taj Burrow (AUS), 34, defending Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast champion, was lethal in this afternoon's Round 4 bout, posting an incredibly-high heat total of an 18.06 out of a« less